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COMBINED UMBRELLA AND GANE.

No. 329,656. Patented Nov. 3, 1885.

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GEORGE LELAND, OF JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA.

COMBINED UMBRELLA AND CANE.

.SFLLfUIFICAT Application filed July 24, i884.

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE LELAND, of J achsonville, in the eountyofDuval and State of Florida, have invented a new and Improved Combined Umbrella and Cane, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved umbrella which can be folded eompactly and placed within a hollow cane when not in use.

The invention consists in the combination, with a hollow cane, of a nut adapted to be held on the end of the cane, ribs pivoted to the nut, braces pivoted to the ribs, and a chain ring, to which the lower ends of the braces are held.

The invention further consists in details of construction and in combinations of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures Figure l is a longitudinal elevation of the combined umbrella and cane, the umbrella being folded and contained wit-hin the cane. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal elevation of the umbrella, showing the same adjusted for use, parts being in section. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the under side of the nut in which the upper inner ends of the ribs are pivoted. Fig. 4 is an enlarged cross-sectional View on the line x x, Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a sectional View of the slide, showing it open ready for use. Fig. 6 is a sectional view ofthe same folded. Fig. 7 is an enlarged detail longitudinal sectional elevation of the upper part of the umbrella, the same being open.

The hollow cane A, which is made of hard rubber, metal, or other suitable material, is provided with a hollow handle, B, screwed on the upper thicker end of the cane. In the thinner end of the cane A a screw-aperture, A', is formed, which is adapted to receive a screw, O, which is secured in and projects downward from the cap D, the lower end of which cap fits closely against the end of the cane, and the cane andcap appear to consist of one continuous piece. rIhe ribs E, which are made hollow and half-round, U shaped, or otherwisein crosssection, are pivoted at their upper inner El forming part of Letters Patent No. 329.656, dated November 3, 1885.

Serial No. 138,634. (No model.)

ends to a nut, F, having a central aperture, F. From the nut F two spring rods or wires, G, project downward,which are provided at or near their lower ends with shoulders or offset H. The braces J, pivoted to the ribs E, are made tubular, or have any other cross-section, and are made as light as possible. They have their lower ends secured to or held on a circular chain or chain-ring, K. rIhe slide L is formed of two halfrings, LQ pivoted to each other at the ends, so that they can be folded together in the shape of a half-ring, so as to occupy very little space. The half-rings L are provided with flanges M. having their edges turned up, so as to adapt them to hold the chain-ring K on the said slide.

rPhe umbrella is adjusted for use in the following manner: The caps B and D arc unscrewed and the slide L removed from the hollow cane and brought into the position shown in Fig. 5. Then the cane is passed through the slide and through the chain-ring K until the nut F rests on the end of the cane, the chain-ring K being held on the slide L. The screw O ofthe cap D is then screwed into the end of the cane, thus holding the cap F in place, and the slide L is pushed up and presses upon the springs G, the chain K resting on the flanges M ofthe slide L. Vhen the slide rests on the shoulders H of the springs G,the umbrella is opened. Vhen the umbrella is to be closed, the lower ends of the springs G are pressed together, so as to permit of pulling down the slide L and the chain by which the lower ends of the braces J are held.

When the umbrella is not in use, the sgeeral parts are held within the hollow cane, which is about one and one-quarter inch in diameter at the thicker end and seven-eighths inch in diameter at thethinner end.

The above-described device can be used as a cane, umbrella, or parasol, &c., and can readily be converted from acane into an nmbrella, or from an umbrella into a cane.

I have shown eight braces, J; but more or less braces can Abe used, as desired, a corresponding number of ribs being used.

Having thus described my invention,I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent* 1. In a combined umbrella and cane,L the combination, with the cane A, of the nut F, the ribs E, the braces J, the chainring K, and

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the ring K, and the spring Wires G, substantially as herein shown and described.

4. In a combined umbrella and cane, the x5 slide L, formed of two half rings, L', pivoted to each other, and provided lwith flanges M, having their free edges bent over, substantially as herein' shown and described.

GEORGE LELAND.

Witnesses:

J. GUMBINGER, J. W. ARCHIBALD. 

